merge(3p/git): Merge git upstream at v2.26.2

third_party/git/Documentation/config/add.txt

@@ -5,3 +5,8 @@ add.ignore-errors (deprecated)::
 	option of linkgit:git-add[1].  `add.ignore-errors` is deprecated,
 	as it does not follow the usual naming convention for configuration
 	variables.
+
+add.interactive.useBuiltin::
+	[EXPERIMENTAL] Set to `true` to use the experimental built-in
+	implementation of the interactive version of linkgit:git-add[1]
+	instead of the Perl script version. Is `false` by default.

third_party/git/Documentation/config/advice.txt

@@ -107,4 +107,13 @@ advice.*::
 		editor input from the user.
 	nestedTag::
 		Advice shown if a user attempts to recursively tag a tag object.
+	submoduleAlternateErrorStrategyDie::
+		Advice shown when a submodule.alternateErrorStrategy option
+		configured to "die" causes a fatal error.
+	addIgnoredFile::
+		Advice shown if a user attempts to add an ignored file to
+		the index.
+	addEmptyPathspec::
+		Advice shown if a user runs the add command without providing
+		the pathspec parameter.
 --

third_party/git/Documentation/config/branch.txt

@@ -81,15 +81,16 @@ branch.<name>.rebase::
 	"git pull" is run. See "pull.rebase" for doing this in a non
 	branch-specific manner.
 +
-When `merges`, pass the `--rebase-merges` option to 'git rebase'
+When `merges` (or just 'm'), pass the `--rebase-merges` option to 'git rebase'
 so that the local merge commits are included in the rebase (see
 linkgit:git-rebase[1] for details).
 +
-When `preserve` (deprecated in favor of `merges`), also pass
+When `preserve` (or just 'p', deprecated in favor of `merges`), also pass
 `--preserve-merges` along to 'git rebase' so that locally committed merge
 commits will not be flattened by running 'git pull'.
 +
-When the value is `interactive`, the rebase is run in interactive mode.
+When the value is `interactive` (or just 'i'), the rebase is run in interactive
+mode.
 +
 *NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use
 it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1]

third_party/git/Documentation/config/core.txt

@@ -68,6 +68,17 @@ core.fsmonitor::
 	avoiding unnecessary processing of files that have not changed.
 	See the "fsmonitor-watchman" section of linkgit:githooks[5].
 
+core.fsmonitorHookVersion::
+	Sets the version of hook that is to be used when calling fsmonitor.
+	There are currently versions 1 and 2. When this is not set,
+	version 2 will be tried first and if it fails then version 1
+	will be tried. Version 1 uses a timestamp as input to determine
+	which files have changes since that time but some monitors
+	like watchman have race conditions when used with a timestamp.
+	Version 2 uses an opaque string so that the monitor can return
+	something that can be used to determine what files have changed
+	without race conditions.
+
 core.trustctime::
 	If false, the ctime differences between the index and the
 	working tree are ignored; useful when the inode change time
@@ -86,7 +97,9 @@ core.untrackedCache::
 	it will automatically be removed, if set to `false`. Before
 	setting it to `true`, you should check that mtime is working
 	properly on your system.
-	See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. `keep` by default.
+	See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. `keep` by default, unless
+	`feature.manyFiles` is enabled which sets this setting to
+	`true` by default.
 
 core.checkStat::
 	When missing or is set to `default`, many fields in the stat
@@ -557,6 +570,12 @@ core.unsetenvvars::
 	Defaults to `PERL5LIB` to account for the fact that Git for
 	Windows insists on using its own Perl interpreter.
 
+core.restrictinheritedhandles::
+	Windows-only: override whether spawned processes inherit only standard
+	file handles (`stdin`, `stdout` and `stderr`) or all handles. Can be
+	`auto`, `true` or `false`. Defaults to `auto`, which means `true` on
+	Windows 7 and later, and `false` on older Windows versions.
+
 core.createObject::
 	You can set this to 'link', in which case a hardlink followed by
 	a delete of the source are used to make sure that object creation
@@ -577,7 +596,7 @@ the `GIT_NOTES_REF` environment variable.  See linkgit:git-notes[1].
 
 core.commitGraph::
 	If true, then git will read the commit-graph file (if it exists)
-	to parse the graph structure of commits. Defaults to false. See
+	to parse the graph structure of commits. Defaults to true. See
 	linkgit:git-commit-graph[1] for more information.
 
 core.useReplaceRefs::
@@ -591,8 +610,14 @@ core.multiPackIndex::
 	multi-pack-index design document].
 
 core.sparseCheckout::
-	Enable "sparse checkout" feature. See section "Sparse checkout" in
-	linkgit:git-read-tree[1] for more information.
+	Enable "sparse checkout" feature. See linkgit:git-sparse-checkout[1]
+	for more information.
+
+core.sparseCheckoutCone::
+	Enables the "cone mode" of the sparse checkout feature. When the
+	sparse-checkout file contains a limited set of patterns, then this
+	mode provides significant performance advantages. See
+	linkgit:git-sparse-checkout[1] for more information.
 
 core.abbrev::
 	Set the length object names are abbreviated to.  If

third_party/git/Documentation/config/diff.txt

@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ diff.guitool::
 include::../mergetools-diff.txt[]
 
 diff.indentHeuristic::
-	Set this option to `true` to enable experimental heuristics
+	Set this option to `false` to disable the default heuristics
 	that shift diff hunk boundaries to make patches easier to read.
 
 diff.algorithm::

third_party/git/Documentation/config/feature.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+feature.*::
+	The config settings that start with `feature.` modify the defaults of
+	a group of other config settings. These groups are created by the Git
+	developer community as recommended defaults and are subject to change.
+	In particular, new config options may be added with different defaults.
+
+feature.experimental::
+	Enable config options that are new to Git, and are being considered for
+	future defaults. Config settings included here may be added or removed
+	with each release, including minor version updates. These settings may
+	have unintended interactions since they are so new. Please enable this
+	setting if you are interested in providing feedback on experimental
+	features. The new default values are:
++
+* `pack.useSparse=true` uses a new algorithm when constructing a pack-file
+which can improve `git push` performance in repos with many files.
++
+* `fetch.negotiationAlgorithm=skipping` may improve fetch negotiation times by
+skipping more commits at a time, reducing the number of round trips.
++
+* `fetch.writeCommitGraph=true` writes a commit-graph after every `git fetch`
+command that downloads a pack-file from a remote. Using the `--split` option,
+most executions will create a very small commit-graph file on top of the
+existing commit-graph file(s). Occasionally, these files will merge and the
+write may take longer. Having an updated commit-graph file helps performance
+of many Git commands, including `git merge-base`, `git push -f`, and
+`git log --graph`.
+
+feature.manyFiles::
+	Enable config options that optimize for repos with many files in the
+	working directory. With many files, commands such as `git status` and
+	`git checkout` may be slow and these new defaults improve performance:
++
+* `index.version=4` enables path-prefix compression in the index.
++
+* `core.untrackedCache=true` enables the untracked cache. This setting assumes
+that mtime is working on your machine.

third_party/git/Documentation/config/fetch.txt

@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ fetch.negotiationAlgorithm::
 	effort to converge faster, but may result in a larger-than-necessary
 	packfile; The default is "default" which instructs Git to use the default algorithm
 	that never skips commits (unless the server has acknowledged it or one
-	of its descendants).
+	of its descendants). If `feature.experimental` is enabled, then this
+	setting defaults to "skipping".
 	Unknown values will cause 'git fetch' to error out.
 +
 See also the `--negotiation-tip` option for linkgit:git-fetch[1].
@@ -68,3 +69,23 @@ fetch.showForcedUpdates::
 	Set to false to enable `--no-show-forced-updates` in
 	linkgit:git-fetch[1] and linkgit:git-pull[1] commands.
 	Defaults to true.
+
+fetch.parallel::
+	Specifies the maximal number of fetch operations to be run in parallel
+	at a time (submodules, or remotes when the `--multiple` option of
+	linkgit:git-fetch[1] is in effect).
++
+A value of 0 will give some reasonable default. If unset, it defaults to 1.
++
+For submodules, this setting can be overridden using the `submodule.fetchJobs`
+config setting.
+
+fetch.writeCommitGraph::
+	Set to true to write a commit-graph after every `git fetch` command
+	that downloads a pack-file from a remote. Using the `--split` option,
+	most executions will create a very small commit-graph file on top of
+	the existing commit-graph file(s). Occasionally, these files will
+	merge and the write may take longer. Having an updated commit-graph
+	file helps performance of many Git commands, including `git merge-base`,
+	`git push -f`, and `git log --graph`. Defaults to false, unless
+	`feature.experimental` is true.

third_party/git/Documentation/config/format.txt

@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ format.subjectPrefix::
 	The default for format-patch is to output files with the '[PATCH]'
 	subject prefix. Use this variable to change that prefix.
 
+format.coverFromDescription::
+	The default mode for format-patch to determine which parts of
+	the cover letter will be populated using the branch's
+	description. See the `--cover-from-description` option in
+	linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
+
 format.signature::
 	The default for format-patch is to output a signature containing
 	the Git version number. Use this variable to change that default.
@@ -77,10 +83,11 @@ format.coverLetter::
 	A boolean that controls whether to generate a cover-letter when
 	format-patch is invoked, but in addition can be set to "auto", to
 	generate a cover-letter only when there's more than one patch.
+	Default is false.
 
 format.outputDirectory::
 	Set a custom directory to store the resulting files instead of the
-	current working directory.
+	current working directory. All directory components will be created.
 
 format.useAutoBase::
 	A boolean value which lets you enable the `--base=auto` option of
@@ -99,4 +106,20 @@ If one wishes to use the ref `ref/notes/true`, please use that literal
 instead.
 +
 This configuration can be specified multiple times in order to allow
-multiple notes refs to be included.
+multiple notes refs to be included. In that case, it will behave
+similarly to multiple `--[no-]notes[=]` options passed in. That is, a
+value of `true` will show the default notes, a value of `<ref>` will
+also show notes from that notes ref and a value of `false` will negate
+previous configurations and not show notes.
++
+For example,
++
+------------
+[format]
+	notes = true
+	notes = foo
+	notes = false
+	notes = bar
+------------
++
+will only show notes from `refs/notes/bar`.

third_party/git/Documentation/config/gc.txt

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ gc.writeCommitGraph::
 	If true, then gc will rewrite the commit-graph file when
 	linkgit:git-gc[1] is run. When using `git gc --auto`
 	the commit-graph will be updated if housekeeping is
-	required. Default is false. See linkgit:git-commit-graph[1]
+	required. Default is true. See linkgit:git-commit-graph[1]
 	for details.
 
 gc.logExpiry::

third_party/git/Documentation/config/gpg.txt

@@ -18,3 +18,18 @@ gpg.<format>.program::
 	chose. (see `gpg.program` and `gpg.format`) `gpg.program` can still
 	be used as a legacy synonym for `gpg.openpgp.program`. The default
 	value for `gpg.x509.program` is "gpgsm".
+
+gpg.minTrustLevel::
+	Specifies a minimum trust level for signature verification.  If
+	this option is unset, then signature verification for merge
+	operations require a key with at least `marginal` trust.  Other
+	operations that perform signature verification require a key
+	with at least `undefined` trust.  Setting this option overrides
+	the required trust-level for all operations.  Supported values,
+	in increasing order of significance:
++
+* `undefined`
+* `never`
+* `marginal`
+* `fully`
+* `ultimate`

third_party/git/Documentation/config/http.txt

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ http.saveCookies::
 http.version::
 	Use the specified HTTP protocol version when communicating with a server.
 	If you want to force the default. The available and default version depend
-	on libcurl. Actually the possible values of
+	on libcurl. Currently the possible values of
 	this option are:
 
 	- HTTP/2
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ http.sslVersion::
 	particular configuration of the crypto library in use. Internally
 	this sets the 'CURLOPT_SSL_VERSION' option; see the libcurl
 	documentation for more details on the format of this option and
-	for the ssl version supported. Actually the possible values of
+	for the ssl version supported. Currently the possible values of
 	this option are:
 
 	- sslv2
@@ -199,6 +199,14 @@ http.postBuffer::
 	Transfer-Encoding: chunked is used to avoid creating a
 	massive pack file locally.  Default is 1 MiB, which is
 	sufficient for most requests.
++
+Note that raising this limit is only effective for disabling chunked
+transfer encoding and therefore should be used only where the remote
+server or a proxy only supports HTTP/1.0 or is noncompliant with the
+HTTP standard.  Raising this is not, in general, an effective solution
+for most push problems, but can increase memory consumption
+significantly since the entire buffer is allocated even for small
+pushes.
 
 http.lowSpeedLimit, http.lowSpeedTime::
 	If the HTTP transfer speed is less than 'http.lowSpeedLimit'

third_party/git/Documentation/config/index.txt

@@ -24,3 +24,4 @@ index.threads::
 index.version::
 	Specify the version with which new index files should be
 	initialized.  This does not affect existing repositories.
+	If `feature.manyFiles` is enabled, then the default is 4.

third_party/git/Documentation/config/pack.txt

@@ -27,6 +27,13 @@ Note that changing the compression level will not automatically recompress
 all existing objects. You can force recompression by passing the -F option
 to linkgit:git-repack[1].
 
+pack.allowPackReuse::
+	When true, and when reachability bitmaps are enabled,
+	pack-objects will try to send parts of the bitmapped packfile
+	verbatim. This can reduce memory and CPU usage to serve fetches,
+	but might result in sending a slightly larger pack. Defaults to
+	true.
+
 pack.island::
 	An extended regular expression configuring a set of delta
 	islands. See "DELTA ISLANDS" in linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]
@@ -112,7 +119,8 @@ pack.useSparse::
 	objects. This can have significant performance benefits when
 	computing a pack to send a small change. However, it is possible
 	that extra objects are added to the pack-file if the included
-	commits contain certain types of direct renames.
+	commits contain certain types of direct renames. Default is `false`
+	unless `feature.experimental` is enabled.
 
 pack.writeBitmaps (deprecated)::
 	This is a deprecated synonym for `repack.writeBitmaps`.

third_party/git/Documentation/config/protocol.txt

@@ -45,11 +45,10 @@ The protocol names currently used by git are:
 --
 
 protocol.version::
-	Experimental. If set, clients will attempt to communicate with a
-	server using the specified protocol version.  If unset, no
-	attempt will be made by the client to communicate using a
-	particular protocol version, this results in protocol version 0
-	being used.
+	If set, clients will attempt to communicate with a server
+	using the specified protocol version.  If the server does
+	not support it, communication falls back to version 0.
+	If unset, the default is `2`.
 	Supported versions:
 +
 --

third_party/git/Documentation/config/pull.txt

@@ -14,15 +14,16 @@ pull.rebase::
 	pull" is run. See "branch.<name>.rebase" for setting this on a
 	per-branch basis.
 +
-When `merges`, pass the `--rebase-merges` option to 'git rebase'
+When `merges` (or just 'm'), pass the `--rebase-merges` option to 'git rebase'
 so that the local merge commits are included in the rebase (see
 linkgit:git-rebase[1] for details).
 +
-When `preserve` (deprecated in favor of `merges`), also pass
+When `preserve` (or just 'p', deprecated in favor of `merges`), also pass
 `--preserve-merges` along to 'git rebase' so that locally committed merge
 commits will not be flattened by running 'git pull'.
 +
-When the value is `interactive`, the rebase is run in interactive mode.
+When the value is `interactive` (or just 'i'), the rebase is run in interactive
+mode.
 +
 *NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use
 it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1]

third_party/git/Documentation/config/push.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 push.default::
 	Defines the action `git push` should take if no refspec is
-	explicitly given.  Different values are well-suited for
+	given (whether from the command-line, config, or elsewhere).
+	Different values are well-suited for
 	specific workflows; for instance, in a purely central workflow
 	(i.e. the fetch source is equal to the push destination),
 	`upstream` is probably what you want.  Possible values are:
@@ -8,7 +9,7 @@ push.default::
 --
 
 * `nothing` - do not push anything (error out) unless a refspec is
-  explicitly given. This is primarily meant for people who want to
+  given. This is primarily meant for people who want to
   avoid mistakes by always being explicit.
 
 * `current` - push the current branch to update a branch with the same
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ higher priority configuration file (e.g. `.git/config` in a
 repository) to clear the values inherited from a lower priority
 configuration files (e.g. `$HOME/.gitconfig`).
 +
---
+----
 
 Example:
 
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ repo/.git/config
 
 This will result in only b (a and c are cleared).
 
---
+----
 
 push.recurseSubmodules::
 	Make sure all submodule commits used by the revisions to be pushed

third_party/git/Documentation/config/rebase.txt

@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ rebase.useBuiltin::
 	is always used. Setting this will emit a warning, to alert any
 	remaining users that setting this now does nothing.
 
+rebase.backend::
+	Default backend to use for rebasing.  Possible choices are
+	'apply' or 'merge'.  In the future, if the merge backend gains
+	all remaining capabilities of the apply backend, this setting
+	may become unused.
+
 rebase.stat::
 	Whether to show a diffstat of what changed upstream since the last
 	rebase. False by default.

third_party/git/Documentation/config/remote.txt

@@ -76,3 +76,11 @@ remote.<name>.pruneTags::
 +
 See also `remote.<name>.prune` and the PRUNING section of
 linkgit:git-fetch[1].
+
+remote.<name>.promisor::
+	When set to true, this remote will be used to fetch promisor
+	objects.
+
+remote.<name>.partialclonefilter::
+	The filter that will be applied when fetching from this
+	promisor remote.

third_party/git/Documentation/config/submodule.txt

@@ -79,4 +79,6 @@ submodule.alternateLocation::
 submodule.alternateErrorStrategy::
 	Specifies how to treat errors with the alternates for a submodule
 	as computed via `submodule.alternateLocation`. Possible values are
-	`ignore`, `info`, `die`. Default is `die`.
+	`ignore`, `info`, `die`. Default is `die`. Note that if set to `ignore`
+	or `info`, and if there is an error with the computed alternate, the
+	clone proceeds as if no alternate was specified.

third_party/git/Documentation/config/tag.txt

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ tag.gpgSign::
 	Use of this option when running in an automated script can
 	result in a large number of tags being signed. It is therefore
 	convenient to use an agent to avoid typing your gpg passphrase
-	several times. Note that this option doesn't affects tag signing
+	several times. Note that this option doesn't affect tag signing
 	behavior enabled by "-u <keyid>" or "--local-user=<keyid>" options.
 
 tar.umask::

third_party/git/Documentation/config/trace2.txt

@@ -54,3 +54,9 @@ trace2.destinationDebug::
 	By default, these errors are suppressed and tracing is
 	silently disabled.  May be overridden by the
 	`GIT_TRACE2_DST_DEBUG` environment variable.
+
+trace2.maxFiles::
+	Integer.  When writing trace files to a target directory, do not
+	write additional traces if we would exceed this many files. Instead,
+	write a sentinel file that will block further tracing to this
+	directory. Defaults to 0, which disables this check.

third_party/git/Documentation/config/user.txt

@@ -13,7 +13,12 @@ committer.email::
 	Also, all of these can be overridden by the `GIT_AUTHOR_NAME`,
 	`GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL`, `GIT_COMMITTER_NAME`,
 	`GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL` and `EMAIL` environment variables.
-	See linkgit:git-commit-tree[1] for more information.
++
+Note that the `name` forms of these variables conventionally refer to
+some form of a personal name.  See linkgit:git-commit[1] and the
+environment variables section of linkgit:git[1] for more information on
+these settings and the `credential.username` option if you're looking
+for authentication credentials instead.
 
 user.useConfigOnly::
 	Instruct Git to avoid trying to guess defaults for `user.email`